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in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. >> now sparking a war of words with the president, senators are threatening to block her potential nomination as secretary of state. >> the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> we'll talk to senator lindsey graham exclusively this morning. >>> plus, the key figures trying to get to the bottom of benghazi and the petraeus affair. chair of the senate intelligence committee senator dianne feinstein of california. and chair of the house intelligence committee, congressman mike rogers of michigan. >>> then after the election, will washington get anything done? talks start on how to avoid the fiscal cliff, as mitt romney draws fire from fellow republicans by accusing the president of doling out, quote, gifts to minority groups in exchange for their vote. what's the fallout and the future of the g
in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. >> now sparking a war of words with the president, senators are threatening to block her potential nomination as secretary of state. >> the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better, and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me....
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susan rice did not say it was the result of a mob spawned by a cairo. she said i want to remind the american people this president promised to go after bin laden, refocus on al qaeda. he got bin laden. al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator feinstien say unequivocally that the notion that there was a cover-up or an attempt to mislead for political reasons is absolutely wrong. she says it's character assassination, the way you're criticizing her. you believe the president of the united states sent his ambassador to the u.n. out to mislead the american people so he could get some sort of political gain before the election? that's the cover-up you're accusing them of? >> i'm saying that the ambassador that had nothing to do with benghazi -- why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell u
susan rice did not say it was the result of a mob spawned by a cairo. she said i want to remind the american people this president promised to go after bin laden, refocus on al qaeda. he got bin laden. al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator...
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benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hoyers before in cairo. a copycat attack which were prompted of course by the video. >> senator, you said that two days before that, director petraeus said it was terrorism. why didn't ambassador rice call it terrorism two days later? >> because she could speak publicly only on unclassified speaking points. i have some concern with those speaking points. but let me correct one thing. >> right. but what are the concerns and why speak at all? in other words, why was there a reference to it being a terrorist attack taken out of the public talking points? >> that is something that we're going to find out. but it was. that's the point. now, with the allegation that the white house changed those talking points, that is false. there is only one thing that was changed, and i've checked into this. i believe it to be absolute fact. and that was the word "consulate" was changed to mission. that's the only change that anyone in the white house made, and i have checked this out. >> and just as a counterpoint here, and a
benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hoyers before in cairo. a copycat attack which were prompted of course by the video. >> senator, you said that two days before that, director petraeus said it was terrorism. why didn't ambassador rice call it terrorism two days later? >> because she could speak publicly only on unclassified speaking points. i have some concern with those speaking points. but let me correct one thing. >> right....
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benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpire td hours before in cairo. >> this was not a demonstration. this was an attack by terrorists. >> so i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he's -- i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. >> no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all of the damage that he found in just four years. >> the 47% who are with him, believe that they are victims. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. >> so there it is. we're two days left. mayor, what stands out for you? >> well, the clinton speech, when he basically put it plain and used simple arithmetic. this was a damaged economy, and now this was a president who faced challenges that haven't been seen since the great depression. the second part, the part where i got fired up, because i'm not replexive that partisan, would they accept tax cuts 10 to one? and all of them said no. >> and bill clinton was ma
benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpire td hours before in cairo. >> this was not a demonstration. this was an attack by terrorists. >> so i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he's -- i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. >> no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all of the damage that he found in just four years. >> the 47% who are with him, believe that they are victims....
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, almost a copycat of the demonstrations of our facility in cairo. >> i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> a visibly angry president obama fired back at both senators and defending his ambassador. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to p go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and it's outrageous. >> but mccain decided not to let the president have the last word and raced to the senate floor to respond. >> if the president thinks we are picking on people, he really does not have any idea of how serious this issue is. we're not picking on anybody. >> reporter: the president did make some news on the fiscal cliff, matt, while he made an emphatic case for raising taxes on the most wealthy. he said he wasn't drawing a red line on the idea they knew tax rates had to go back to 3
, almost a copycat of the demonstrations of our facility in cairo. >> i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she didn't know better, she shouldn't be the voice of america. >> a visibly angry president obama fired back at both senators and defending his ambassador. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to p go after the u.n. ambassador who had...
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know during obama's first term in the white house he made that incredible and passionate speech in cairo took to a vaastu muslim audience and seemed for a while to win them over has it worked and what we expect now. well most in the arab world have preferred and obama victory and would and rather than a romney win the saints really is that he is a relatively more moderate leader then romney but this doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of trepidation in his ear to see within the arab world you mentioned the speech back in two thousand and nine that now famous cairo speech in which a banner pledged that a new chapter was opening in and marry can muslim relations but since then there has been growing disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims he was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnotice
know during obama's first term in the white house he made that incredible and passionate speech in cairo took to a vaastu muslim audience and seemed for a while to win them over has it worked and what we expect now. well most in the arab world have preferred and obama victory and would and rather than a romney win the saints really is that he is a relatively more moderate leader then romney but this doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of trepidation in his ear to see within the arab world you...
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, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo which were prompted, of course, by the video. what we think then transpired in benghazi is that opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. >> so there you have it. what do you think about that, and what role does that statement by her make in the concern about her qualifications? >> yeah. you know, chris, one of the things that's amplified some of the concerns around this is we had a classified briefing with about 65 or 70 senators on september the 20th, and i assure you if you were there, you would have thought it was one of the most bizarre briefings ever where we had four, you know, distinguished people there who shared like no information. i was in libya about a week after that. it was a preplanned trip. i didn't go there because of benghazi. obviously benghazi was a big topic, and i sat there with our station chief, our head intelligence person who was there serving after the ambassador had been killed, and they were telling me that in real time they were letting folks back h
, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo which were prompted, of course, by the video. what we think then transpired in benghazi is that opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. >> so there you have it. what do you think about that, and what role does that statement by her make in the concern about her qualifications? >> yeah. you know, chris, one of the things that's amplified some of the concerns around this is we...
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police used terd gas in cairo yesterday. more than 500 have been injured and egypt's judicial branch is joining with the opposition in protest. both sides have announced plans for major protests in cairo on tuesday. cbs news correspondent holly williams is in cairo this morning. holly, what can you tell synonymous. >> reporter: well, bob, what we're seeing here today in central cairo is violent clashes. they're fighting running street battles in the area around tahrir square, so the protesters throw stones and sometimes hurl obcents at the police. they push their way down the street and after a while the police fire back with tear gas canisters or drive an armored car down the street, and the street is then cleared. the numbers are actually fairly small. i would say there are between 1,000 and 2,000 protesters, and only some of them are violent. as you said, both sides are planning big protests on tuesday, and given what we're seeing, i don't think it would be surprising if we see violent clash betweens the two sides. but yo
police used terd gas in cairo yesterday. more than 500 have been injured and egypt's judicial branch is joining with the opposition in protest. both sides have announced plans for major protests in cairo on tuesday. cbs news correspondent holly williams is in cairo this morning. holly, what can you tell synonymous. >> reporter: well, bob, what we're seeing here today in central cairo is violent clashes. they're fighting running street battles in the area around tahrir square, so the...
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four years ago president obama gave an unprecedented speech in cairo aimed at undoing an era of brought relations with the muslim world in a speech the newly elected president projected his desire to turn the chapter on the past and embark on a new era of mutual understanding diplomacy and friendship and while many in the middle east were hopeful their optimism began to simmer as the arab spring turned to a bitter fall it became evident that palestine would remain ignored so now that obama's been elected for a second term why. that's the sentiment in the middle east and what actions can we expect from the president now that he's not seeking reelection to talk about all this and more i'm joined by our correspondent rima. thank you so much for coming in thank you for having me so really i was reading that many egyptians are relieved that obama got elected i want to read you this tweet. is a big sigh of relief from egypt the alternative was just too awful to consider do you think that's a sentiment for many that are just so grateful that it's the lesser evil other people think that way it
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embassy in cairo now. >> the fiscal cliff just 3 d3 ds away. yesterday it was announced timothy geithner and rob neighbors will go to capitol hill for meetings. how close are both sides to compromising, reaching a deal. will the u.s. have to face the cliff head on? the chairman of the republican doctor's caucus joining us. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> tom cole, the latest republican to signal willingness to cut a deal that cuts taxes for almost all americans but not the richest. here's what he said last night to wolf. >> if we agree that taxes shouldn't go up on 98% of the people shouldn't we take that now and get it set aside, make sure they know their taxes aren't going up. i think they will listen to us, we'll win the argument. putting people at risk when we agree their taxes shouldn't go up, is something in my opinion we shouldn't do. >> do you think congressman cole is wrong? >> tom is my colleague, friend, classmate, a great member. i have less confidence in 2013 that we would be able to oh get those marginal rates back down on
embassy in cairo now. >> the fiscal cliff just 3 d3 ds away. yesterday it was announced timothy geithner and rob neighbors will go to capitol hill for meetings. how close are both sides to compromising, reaching a deal. will the u.s. have to face the cliff head on? the chairman of the republican doctor's caucus joining us. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> tom cole, the latest republican to signal willingness to cut a deal that cuts taxes for almost all americans but not...
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, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> sean: good luck explaining that at confirmation hearing. white house was asked about it. >> does the president have confidence that susan rice could get confirmation for any post in the future? >> i will not engage in speculation. the president believes ambassador rice has done an excellent job is grateful for her service. >> sean: joining me for reaction advisor for harry reid penny lee. mercedes, will this be problematic? >> absolutely. first of all she has not gained the respect of the republicans and congress. when you are talking that, it's very puzzling when you see that three intelligence officials came out in the daily beast saying that in 24 hours they knew that this attack was linked to al-qaeda. that is an important point to make there with sues an reib. the fact she was to on talking points. she sounded like a loyal soldier for president obama than she did in really talking about what happened in benghazi. this goes back to our poor judgment, linked back
, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> sean: good luck explaining that at confirmation hearing. white house was asked about it. >> does the president have confidence that susan rice could get confirmation for any post in the future? >> i will not engage in speculation. the president believes ambassador rice has done an excellent job is grateful for her service. >> sean: joining me for...
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remember, there were protests about those videos so they looked at the protests in cairo and assumed it was something similar. i would imagine petraeus will testify something to that effect. i doubt very much he'll say well, i knew this all along and you know, susan rice went out there and said something completely contradictory. my guess is there were two schools of thought or two sets of evidence in the administration from the start. the video and al qaeda -- >> i think what he says is he had to then rule out the 20 different intelligence reports they received or more which indicated it could have been the video. he had to rule that out before they could give a clear view. we will leave it there. thank you very much indeed. good to see you. >> as always, pleasure. >>> next, governor romney blasts president obama's victory saying he won because of gifts he promised to minority groups. >>> what the president -- president's campaign did is focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn
remember, there were protests about those videos so they looked at the protests in cairo and assumed it was something similar. i would imagine petraeus will testify something to that effect. i doubt very much he'll say well, i knew this all along and you know, susan rice went out there and said something completely contradictory. my guess is there were two schools of thought or two sets of evidence in the administration from the start. the video and al qaeda -- >> i think what he says is...
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secretary-general and other important regional allies tomorrow in cairo. martin? >> thank you for your reporting and do stay safe. >>> stay with us. the day's "top lines" are coming up. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. >>> from governor chris christie dodging a twinkie, question that is, to a ding-dong named donald. here are today's "top lines." good vibrations. >> put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight in atlantic city. >> president obama must get back at the right wing hacks that tried to paint him as an angry black man pushing a liberal agenda by becoming an angry black man. >> seriously you're not asking me about hassess twinkies are you? >> the general pulled out a s
secretary-general and other important regional allies tomorrow in cairo. martin? >> thank you for your reporting and do stay safe. >>> stay with us. the day's "top lines" are coming up. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna...
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i'm in cairo right now. what's striking from this point of view is that this is the moment that we have been waiting here for with the new democratically elected islamist government in cairo, we have been waiting for the moment would come when a crisis would come again with the government of egypt, and how will this government respond. this is a government of the muslim brotherhood. they are ideological kin with hamas, there has been support for hamas for years, but at the same time, they are now deeply invested in maintaining a climate of stability so they can get this country back on track and how egypt plays its cards will play a big role in what happens next door in gaza and the palestinian territories. but if egyptians are telling hamas, we got the muslim brotherhood and egypt is telling hamas, we have to find a way out of this with some stability intact, that is a different outcome. >> fareed, how do you see this? >> i think there's no question it's justified. look, the attacks were out of hamas -- out
i'm in cairo right now. what's striking from this point of view is that this is the moment that we have been waiting here for with the new democratically elected islamist government in cairo, we have been waiting for the moment would come when a crisis would come again with the government of egypt, and how will this government respond. this is a government of the muslim brotherhood. they are ideological kin with hamas, there has been support for hamas for years, but at the same time, they are...
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now susan rice says this began as a spontaneous, not premeditated response to what happened in cairo. i don't think her language was very careful. that's why they pounced on that language. i think things were slightly settled down today because you heard from dave petraeus because he said she was giving these talking points. i don't think it's settled down completely. i think you'll probably still see john mccain and lindsey graham. >> do you think she'll be secretary of state? >> i don't know. i don't know whether she'll be nominated. that is one of the things that president obama said yesterday. he said he hadn't decided. gwen: how about is this whether she was getting a nomination or how much of not letting him tell -- >> i can nominate anyone i want to. if i want to nominate susan rice, i will. but he certainly hasn't done that right, not put in stone, so we can't do that yet. i think certainly, i have seen a couple of very negative articles in the past 24 hours, too, about her. it sort of seems there is an effort to undermine that nomination. gwen: let's not forget the big story
now susan rice says this began as a spontaneous, not premeditated response to what happened in cairo. i don't think her language was very careful. that's why they pounced on that language. i think things were slightly settled down today because you heard from dave petraeus because he said she was giving these talking points. i don't think it's settled down completely. i think you'll probably still see john mccain and lindsey graham. >> do you think she'll be secretary of state? >> i...
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a lot of his it in sea and trepidation back in two thousand and nine when obama gave his now famous cairo speech he promised a new chapter between the united states and the muslim world and the since then there's been a lot of disappointment over the way he's handled issues when it comes to the arab world and particularly these are the muslims his administration was severely criticized for the way it dealt with the uprisings that swept this part of the world they've also been accused of double standards and inconsistency they've been seen as meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called quiet revolutions of countries like bahrain where the united states has a vested interest and very united states has been quiet on the issue of syria bombing in the past has named his support to the oppositional vote in recent times the state department has tried to distance itself these are the rand here to see that the united states is committed to what it says preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but it does seem unlikely that obama would sanction any ki
a lot of his it in sea and trepidation back in two thousand and nine when obama gave his now famous cairo speech he promised a new chapter between the united states and the muslim world and the since then there's been a lot of disappointment over the way he's handled issues when it comes to the arab world and particularly these are the muslims his administration was severely criticized for the way it dealt with the uprisings that swept this part of the world they've also been accused of double...
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, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> ambassador rice blaming the killings on that hateful anti muslim video. that turned out to be wrong. some very legitimate questions that senator mccain is asking he might get answers to when they hold hearings. as for holding up ms. rice's nomination of secretary of state over this. a few people in washington are tripped up on false intelligence in the past. people like condoleeza rice. who as national security adviser back in 2003, made the case for war in iraq, insisting that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. >> it is time to stop the deceit and time to stop trying to deceive the world, and to offer up his weapons of mass destruction so that he can be disarmed. the overwhelming bulk of the evidence there, not about a data point here or there, but about what saddam hussein was doing, but that he had weapons of mass destruction. >> right up to the end, saddam hussein continued to harbor ambitions to threaten the world with weapons off mass destruction a
, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video. >> ambassador rice blaming the killings on that hateful anti muslim video. that turned out to be wrong. some very legitimate questions that senator mccain is asking he might get answers to when they hold hearings. as for holding up ms. rice's nomination of secretary of state over this. a few people in washington are tripped up on false intelligence in the past. people like...
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now al jazeera is citing sources and saying that a ceasefire will be announced in cairo this evening. israeli radio reporting that the ceasefire could be declared during secretary clinton's visit to jerusalem. she left from southeast asia where she has been traveling with the president. her diplomatic mission is the most direct engagement yet in these negotiations. >> her visits will build on the engagement that we've undertaken over the last several days including the engagement by president obama and secretary clinton with leaders in the region and to support a de-escalation of the violence. >> president obama himself was on the phone in the early hours of the morning trying to prevent the conflict from escalating into a ground war. explosions and smoke clouds dotted the skyline in gaza again as soon as the sun was up. more than 100 people are now confirmed dead there with dozens of children among those killed. more rockets from gaza landing in southern israel today. one sent flying in the direction of jerusalem. israeli police said more than 60 rockets were fired by midday. thousan
now al jazeera is citing sources and saying that a ceasefire will be announced in cairo this evening. israeli radio reporting that the ceasefire could be declared during secretary clinton's visit to jerusalem. she left from southeast asia where she has been traveling with the president. her diplomatic mission is the most direct engagement yet in these negotiations. >> her visits will build on the engagement that we've undertaken over the last several days including the engagement by...
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most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims it was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet about his policy reporting right comparing obama's history and mitt romney's promises on foreign policy a london based author and journalist afshin rattansi says. it wouldn't have made much difference who in the end won the white house there'd be very little difference between a republican or a democrat as we can see from president obama's
most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims it was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of employing double...
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most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims it was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. israel's government may be disappointed with the outcome of the election but even on election day it was pushing on with its own plans to confirm the construction of more than a thousand homes for settlers on internationally recognized palestinian land and even an immediate and united chorus of condemnation isn't going to stop it that's ac
most in the arab world has preferred and obama victory back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomb a pledge that he was going to introduce a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment over the way he has dealt with issues in the arab world particularly these are the muslims it was a lot of criticisms leveled against him in his administration over the way they handled the arab spring they were accused of employing double...